Republican Party of Havana

The Republican Party of Havana was a conservative political party in Cuba which existed from 1899 to 1906. It was founded at the end of 1899 by Domingo Mendez Capote, and it declared its willingness to help the US occupation government during the transitory phase of the military occupation, also seeking to decentralize the Cuban government. Under Tomas Estrada Palma, the Republican Party became the first ruling party in Cuban history, but it dissolved in 1906 after the fradulent re-election of Mendez.